About Me

I was a reporter and columnist for 40 years for a chain of newspapers in the suburbs of Chicago. I'm a military veteran having served in the United States Army Combat Engineers (Cpl. E-4) and a Korean War veteran with an Honorable Discharge from the Armed Forces of the United States of America

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Video shows a squad of U.S. Marines in a bunker during a mortar attack in Iraq. Watch and listen as the Marines talk about the incoming mortars.TURN UP YOUR SPEAKERSWATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/M2K587lOcXk&hl=en&fs=1CLICK ON DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY VIDEO

A U.S. tank draws into position and with one shot takes out a Taliban sniper hiding on a rooftop in Afghanistan. WARNING: RAW LANGUAGETURN UP YOUR SPEAKERSWATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/Ya7z0vShfF8&hl=en&fs=1CLICK ON DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY VIDEO

Turn up your speakers and listen to our GIs cheer as they take out a Taliban sniper in Afghanistan. There is also some night fighting footage.WATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/hoizefXi4ZA&hl=en&fs=1CLICK ON DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY VIDEO

In just two weeks there have been seven suicide attacks in Baghdad and elsewhere in Iraq that have left 170 killed and hundreds more wounded. The U.S. military fears the attacks could be a sign of rising violence in Iraq as they approach the June elections. This video shows the aftermath of a suicide attack by a young girl that left 5 U.S. soldiers killed.WATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/srLMavr_eJE&hl=en&fs=1CLICK ON DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY VIDEO

Video shows Apache helicopters hunting Taliban forces in Afghanistan. The pilots are given orders to search and destroy any Taliban strongholds.WATCH VIDEO HERE:http://www.youtube.com/v/02PnaHAxtTU&hl=en&fs=1CLICK ON DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY VIDEO